Bollocks to bullshit – here are our books The fightback is here. In these post-truth times, when all around us seem to be gleefully subverting meaning and doing away with the entire concept of fact, we need books more than ever. Because a good book – whether a serious tome on economics or a YA graphic novel – is something that has a genuine truth at heart. It is the opposite of a flippant, irresponsible tweet, a glib, evasive soundbite, a dogwhistle smear. The first step, as always, is know your enemy. On Trump, Brexit and Bullshit, Joris Luyendijk’s searing investigation of the rise of populist politics is essential reading here. But if we’re going to mount a convincing defence, we need to tell a story every bit as eye-catching as fake news, so we’ll need Sam Leith’s Write to the Point to show us how. Technology continues to transform our lives, but luckily, we have Shoshana Zuboff on hand to explain what happens when capitalism and the internet collide in Master and Slave. With all this fighting the system, we’ll need some escapism as well – turn to Emma Byrne’s f*cking brilliant Swearing is Good For You to let off a bit of steam, immerse yourself in Shaun Bythell’s wry and witty tales of life on the frontline of bookselling in Diary of a Bookseller, or distract yourself with the fiendish literary puzzles in Nemo’s Almanac. Inside this catalogue lies your own personal toolkit to survive the dark times ahead. As they say, forewarned is forearmed – and as long as we keep sharing ideas, engaging with new ideas and authors, and publishing and reading books we believe in, we can be optimistic about the future. ANDREW FRANKLIN PUBLISHER
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Master or Slave? The Fight for the Soul of Our Information Civilisation Technology and capitalism – and when these giants collide Society is at a turning point. The optimism that accompanied the advent of the internet has gone, replaced with a deep unease as technology, capitalism and inequality combine in ever more menacing forms. Tech companies are gathering our information and selling it to the highest bidder. In this world of surveillance capitalism, profit depends not only on predicting but modifying our behaviour. How will this blend of commerce and manipulation define our future? It’s not too late. We still have the power to decide what kind of world we want. As Shoshana Zuboff argues, we can choose whether to let the power of technology enrich the few and impoverish the many, or harness it for the good of all. What we decide will shape the rest of the twenty-first century. But time is running out: the next system update could be the one that finally enslaves us all.
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Shoshana Zuboff has been called ‘the true prophet of the information age’ by the Financial Times for her ground-breaking book, In the Age of the Smart Machine. She is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School as well as Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. In 2006, strategy+business magazine named her one of the eleven most original business thinkers in the world.
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Write to the Point How to Master the Fine Arts of Persuasion The complete guide to persuasive writing Writing makes people anxious, and with good reason. The first sentence of a job application can consign it to the bin. A mis-timed tweet can cost you your job. And a letter to a beloved may end up making the recipient laugh rather than melt. In this complete guide to persuasive writing, Sam Leith shows how to express yourself across any written medium. From the elements of grammar to the subtleties of the subtweet, he lays bare the secrets of successful communication (chief among them: know your audience, and write what you want to tell them in the way they want to hear it). Write to the Point is for everyone. It cuts through centuries of muddled advice with wit and common sense, it makes you laugh, and it reveals the techniques you need to take on the blank page and win. Sam Leith is a writer and journalist. He is literary editor at the Spectator and writes for the Financial Times, Guardian, The Times, Prospect and TLS among others. His books include Dead Pets, Sod’s Law, The Coincidence Engine and You Talkin’ to Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama (Profile).
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Nemo’s Almanac A Quiz for Book Lovers A literary quiz that will challenge, cheer and enlighten book buffs You might recognise: ‘It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.’ But what about: ‘I am soft sift / In an hour-glass—at the wall / Fast, but mined with a motion, a drift, / And it crowds and it combs to the fall.’ Can you match each to their author? What about their book or poem? Welcome to Nemo’s Almanac, the ultimate quiz for bibliophiles. With tantalising quotes arranged around themes from fashion to fire, winter to sunshine, each chapter will test your knowledge and literary instinct – and if that tip-of-your-tongue feeling doesn’t deliver, you can check for answers that will send you on fresh journeys of literary discovery. Nemo’s Almanac has been the well-guarded secret of the literary world for over a century. Now collected in book form, you can experience its fiendishly addictive qualities yourself.
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Ian Patterson is editor of Nemo’s Almanac, a literary competition in its 126th year. He is also a poet, writer and a Fellow at Queens’ College, Cambridge. His writing has appeared in the London Review of Books and Observer among other publications. He is author of Guernica and Total War (Profile, 2007), and translator of Proust’s Finding Time Again (Penguin, 2003). Answers: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four; Gerard Manley Hopkins, ‘The Wreck of the Deutschland’
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The Diary of a Bookseller Love, Nina meets Black Books - a sharp and funny account of bookselling
‘Many of the people who came to us were of the kind who would be a nuisance anywhere but have special opportunities in a bookshop.’ George Orwell, Bookshop Memories Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown Scotland’s largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A booklover’s paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small-town life, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye.
Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, and an organiser of the Wigtown Festival.
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Swearing is Good For You The Amazing Science of Bad Language The science of swearing; from neuroscience to swearing apes, why we swear, what it does to us and why it’s important Swearing, as it turns out, is an incredibly useful part of our linguistic repertoire. Not only has some form of swearing been around since the earliest humans began to communicate, but it has been shown to reduce physical pain, prevent violence, help stroke victims recover their language, and help people work together as a team. From chimpanzees creating their own curse words, to a man who lost half his brain in a mining accident experiencing a new-found compulsion to swear, Swearing is Good For You is a spirited and hilarious defence of our most cherished dirty words, backed by both historical case studies and cutting-edge research. Byrne outlines the fascinating science behind how swearing affects us both physically and emotionally, and how it is more natural and beneficial than we are led to believe.
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Dr Emma Byrne is a scientist, journalist, and public speaker. Her BBC Radio 4 ‘Four Thought’ episode was selected as one of the ‘best of 2013’ by the programme’s editors. She has been selected as a British Science Association Media Fellow and for the BBC Expert Women Training, and is published in CIO, Forbes, Financial Times and e-Health Insider.
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Armageddon and Paranoia The Nuclear Confrontation 1945–2016
In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and old ideas of warfare came to an end. This book tells how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation. There were few villains in the story. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned to use the bomb in war, politicians contemplated an intolerable decision. Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard. None wanted to start a nuclear war, but all were paranoid. Rodric Braithwaite paints a vivid and thoughtprovoking portrait of this intense period in history, whose implications are as relevant today as ever. Sir Rodric Braithwaite was British Ambassador in Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union. He is author of bestselling books Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan and Moscow 1941, translated into nineteen languages.
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SUSAN HILL
The Travelling Bag And Other Ghostly Stories New chilling tales from the grande dame of English supernatural fiction From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the otherworldly in this unforgettable collection of new ghost stories from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. In the title story, on a murky evening in a club off St James, a paranormal detective recounts his most memorable case, one whose horrifying denouement took place in that very building. A lonely boy makes a friend in ‘Boy Number 21’, but years later is forced to question the very nature of that friendship. ‘Alice Baker’ tells the story of a mysterious new office worker who is accompanied by a lingering smell of decay. And in ‘The Front Room’, a devoutly Christian mother tries to protect her children from the evil influence of their grandmother, both when she is alive and afterwards. This paperback edition includes the chilling ‘Printer’s Devil Court’ in which three medical students make an unholy pact whose consequences will pursue one of them to the grave – and perhaps beyond. This is Susan Hill at her best, telling characteristically creepy and surprising tales of thwarted ambition, terrifying revenge and supernatural stirrings that will leave you wide awake long into the night. £7.99 320pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 620 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 237 9 Fiction September 2017 UK & Commonwealth Exclusive Europe 8
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Jacob’s Room Has Too Many Books A year of reading with one of Britain’s most admired authors
When we spend so much of our time immersed in books, who’s to say where reading ends and living begins? The two are gloriously wedded, as Susan Hill shows. Considering everything from Edith Wharton’s novels through Alan Bennett’s diaries, Virginia Woolf and the writings of twelfth-century monk Aelred of Rievaulx, Susan Hill charts a year of her life through the books she has read, re-read or returned to the shelf. From beneath a shady tree, or the warmth of a kitchen, Hill reflects on what her reading throws up, from writing and writers to politics and religion, as well as the joy of dandies or the pleasure of watching geese cross a meadow. Full of wry observations and warm humour, as well as strong opinions freely aired, this is a rare and wonderful insight into the rich world of reading. Susan Hill is author of the Simon Serrailler crime series and numerous other novels. Her literary memoir, Howard’s End is on the Landing and the ghost stories The Small Hand, Dolly and The Travelling Bag are all published by Profile. The Woman in Black is published by Profile in hardback.
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The Jewish Joke An Essay with Jokes (Less Essay, More Jokes) Heard the one about the rabbi and the cow from Minsk? Look no further than this witty compendium, a fascinating and revealing celebration of the great Jewish Joke The Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds, but still retained its own distinctive identity. So what is it that animates the Jewish joke? Why are Jews so often thought of as ‘funny’? And how old can a joke get? The Jewish Joke is brilliant – and very funny – about what marks Jewish jokes apart from other jokes, why they are important to Jewish identity and how they work. Ranging from self-deprecation to antiSemitism, politics to sex, it looks at the past of Jewish joking and asks whether the Jewish joke has a future. With jokes from Woody Allen, Lena Dunham and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as Freud and Marx (Groucho mostly), this is both a compendium and a commentary, light-hearted and deeply insightful.
£8.99 192pp A format hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 523 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 193 8 Humour October 2017 World All Languages Tr US 10
Devorah Baum is the author of Feeling Jewish (a book for just about anyone) and co-director of the documentary film, The New Man. She is Lecturer in English Literature and Critical Theory at the University of Southampton and affiliate of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations.
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American Heiress The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst Get ready for a wild ride – the story of Patty Hearst’s kidnapping as it has never been told before Domestic terrorism. Economic uncertainty. Troops abroad, fighting an unsuccessful and bloody war against guerrilla insurgents. A liberal counterculture at odds with a rising tide of right-wing sentiment. This was the early seventies in America, and it was against this backdrop that the kidnapping of nineteen-year-old Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Front – a rag-tag, cult–like group of political extremists and criminals – stole headlines across the world. A glamourous heiress who was held against her will – and then joined her captors for a nationwide crime spree – Hearst was a riddle whose meaning eluded contemporary commentators. Here, using new research and drawing on the formidable abilities that made The Run of His Life a global bestseller, Jeffrey Toobin uncovers the true story of the kidnapping and its aftermath in vivid prose and forensic detail.
Jeffrey Toobin is an American lawyer, author and legal analyst for CNN and the New Yorker. He is the author of seven books, including The Run of His Life: The People versus O. J. Simpson which was made into the hit TV series The People vs. OJ Simpson.
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What We Think About When We Think About Football A philosopher’s take on what makes the beautiful game What do we think about when we think about football? Football is about so many things: memory, history, place, social class, gender (especially masculinity, but increasingly femininity too), family identity, tribal identity, national identity, the nature of groups. It is essentially collaborative, even socialist, yet it exists in a sump of greed, corruption, capitalism and autocracy. Philosopher Simon Critchley attempts to make sense of it all - and to establish a system of aesthetics - even poetics - to show what is beautiful in the beautiful game. He explores, too, how the experience of watching football opens a particular dimension in time; how its magic wards off oblivion; how its dramas play out national identity and non-identity; how we spectators, watching football with tragic pensiveness, participate in the play. And, of course, as a football fan, he writes about his heroes and villains: about Zidane and Cruyff, Clough and Revie, Shankly and Klopp.
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Simon Critchley is the author of bestselling The Book of Dead Philosophers, cult novel Memory Theatre and the memoir-analysis On Bowie (Serpent’s Tail). He is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, and series moderator of ‘The Stone’, a philosophy column in The New York Times. He comes from a Liverpool family and watches his team, devotedly, each weekend, 3,306 miles away from Anfield.
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On Trump, Brexit and Bullshit An irreverent polemic that will engage and incite remainers and brexiteers alike
Politics has increasingly become show business for ugly people. And populists can be very entertaining. But Trump, Johnson, Farage and their ilk are also very dangerous. Not because they might carry out their programmes, but because they have no such thing. They are making it up as they go along, rising to power on their own bullshit. In this book, investigative journalist Joris Luyendijk turns his eviscerating eye on the methods and motives of the populist bullshitters as well as their mainstream opponents, whose incompetence, corruption and dismissal of their constituents brought us this mess. But, he argues, it’s not all bad news. As mainstream technocrats are purged, and populists fall on their own swords, something better may emerge: a repoliticised and refreshed democracy. Irreverent, angry and hopeful, this book shows how the bullshitters might help us all move forward, at their own expense. Joris Luyendijk is one of Europe’s leading commentators and journalists. He was a staff writer for the Guardian, and is a regular contributor to newspapers across Europe. He is author of international bestseller Swimming With Sharks: Inside the World of the Bankers and Hello Everybody! (Profile). He was born in Amsterdam and now lives in London.
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Freud The Making of an Illusion A searing examination of Freud’s life and legacy, from a major academic Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential figures of western society. His ideas transformed the way that we think about our minds and ourselves. But while he was undeniably a visionary thinker, Freud’s legend was also the work of years of careful mythologising, and a fierce refusal to accept criticism or scrutiny of his often unprincipled methods. In Freud: The Making of an Illusion, Frederick Crews dismantles Freud’s totemic reputation, brick by brick. Looking at recently revealed correspondence, he examines Freud’s own personality, his selfishness, competitiveness and willingness to exploit weaknesses to get his own way. He explores Freud’s whole-hearted embrace of cocaine in his own career and as a therapeutic tool. And he interrogates Freud’s intellectual legacy, exposing how many of his ideas and conclusions were purely speculative, or taken wholesale from others. As acidic as it is authoritative, this critique of the man behind the legend is compulsory reading for anyone interested in Freudianism.
£30.00 704pp Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 712 8 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 288 1 Biography September 2017 UK Com ex Can 14
Frederick Crews is an essayist and literary critic. Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley, Crews is the author of books on Henry James, E. M. Forster, Nathaniel Hawthorne and of Postmodern Pooh, a book of satirical essays parodying contemporary criticism (Profile).
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The Russian Revolution A New History The first major new history of the Russian Revolution in a decade At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10 per cent annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 however, the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the globe had embraced Communism. The triumph of Communism sets a profound puzzle. How did the Bolsheviks win power and then cling to it amid the chaos they had created? Traditional histories remain a captive to Marxist ideas about class struggle. Analysing never-before used files from the Tsarist military archives, McMeekin argues that war is the answer. The revolutionaries were aided at nearly every step by Germany, Sweden and Switzerland who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the changes overtaking the country. To make sense of Russia’s careening path the essential question is not Lenin’s ‘who, whom?’, but who benefits?
Sean McMeekin is Professor of History at Bard College, New York. For some years he taught at Bilkent University, Istanbul. His books include the highly successful The Berlin-Baghdad Express (Penguin), The Russian Origins of the First World War and July 1914.
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Significant Figures Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians Vivid accounts of the lives of twenty-five of the world’s greatest mathematicians with clear descriptions of their far-reaching discoveries Which mathematician elaborated a crucial concept the night before he died in a duel? Who funded his maths and medical career through gambling? Who learned maths from her wallpaper? Ian Stewart presents the extraordinary lives and amazing discoveries of twenty-five of history’s greatest mathematicians. His subjects are figures from all over the world who have made crucial contributions to mathematics. They include the rediscovered geniuses Srinivasa Ramanujan and Emmy Noether, alongside the towering figures of Muhammad al-Khwarizmi (inventor of the algorithm), Isaac Newton, Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Henri Poincaré, Augusta Ada King (arguably the first computer programmer) and Alan Turing. Ian Stewart’s vivid accounts are fascinating and, taken together, cohere into a riveting history of key steps in the development of mathematics. Ian Stewart is Mathematics Professor Emeritus at £20.00 352pp Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 429 5 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 149 5 £15.99 Export trade paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 899 6 Popular Science August 2017 World ex USA,Can Tr 16
the University of Warwick. His books include Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, and Calculating the Cosmos.
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What’s Next? What Science Can Tell Us About Our Fascinating Future Want to know what’s in store for the human race? Step into Jim Al-Khalili’s time machine ... Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel? Think again. Every day, scientists come up with ingenious solutions and inspirational discoveries that will define our future. So here, Jim Al-Khalili and his crack team of experts bin the crystal ball and use cutting-edge science to get a glimpse of what’s in store. Ranging from whether teleportation is really possible (the jury’s still out on that one), to what we’ll do if Artificial Intelligence takes over, What’s Next? takes on the big questions. And along the way, it will embrace questions such as: Will we find a cure to all diseases? An answer to climate change? Will bionics make us into superheroes? Touching on everything from genetics to transport, and nanotechnology to teleportation, What’s Next? is a fascinating, fun and informative look at what’s in store for the human race.
Jim Al-Khalili OBE is an Iraqiborn British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is currently Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey. He has hosted several BBC productions about science, including BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific.
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The Rise of Rome 1000 BC – 264 BC A fresh, original account of the origins and rise of the ancient world’s greatest imperial power In the late Iron Age, Rome was a small collection of huts arranged over a few hills. By the third century BC, it had become a large and powerful city, with monumental temples, public buildings and grand houses. It had conquered the whole of Italy and was poised to establish an empire. But how did it accomplish this historic transformation? Lomas explores the development of Rome during this period, and the nature of its control over Italy, considering why and how the Romans achieved this spectacular dominance. For Rome was only one of a number of emerging centres of power during this period. From its complex forms of government, to its innovative connections with other states, The Rise of Rome shows what set Rome apart. Examining the context and impact of the city’s dominance, as well as the key political, social and economic changes it engendered, this is crucial reading for anyone interested in Ancient Rome.
£25.00 416pp Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 411 1 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 451 9 Ancient History October 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe Tr US 18
Dr Kathryn Lomas is an honorary research fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. She has held Research Fellowships at UCL and the University of Newcastle, as well as teaching posts at the Universities of Edinburgh and Durham.
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China at War Triumph and Tragedy in the Birth of New China, 1937–1952 An authoritative account of the brutal wars that wracked China between 1937 and 1952 China’s War of Resistance against Japan, as the Second World War is known in China, was never about the defeat of Japan alone. China was also at war with herself. Between 1937 and 1949, a vicious revolutionary war between Nationalists and Communists ravaged the country, killing millions and laying waste to cities and the countryside. The outcomes of these wars have shaped the country and the world since. China at War focuses on this period, examining the complex truth behind the propaganda of both East and West. It shows how the results of the fighting ended European imperialism in East Asia, restored China to its traditional position of regional centrality, and gave the USA a decisive role in East Asian politics. In the process it also triggered profound changes in warfare, as important as the development of atomic weapons. Through fascinating personal accounts and extensive scholarship, China at War casts new light on this crucial period of history.
Hans van de Ven is Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the author of War and Nationalism in China: 1925–1945 among other books. The Battle for China, a book of essays he co-edited, received the 2012 Distinguished Book Award of the Society for Military History.
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Conservatism An indispensable guide to the history and evolution of conservative thought Roger Scruton examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state and freedom (including of expression and association), morality, equality, property and rights. He traces the origins and development of the conservative ideology in the philosophies of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, John Ruskin, Michael Oakeshott, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick. He shows how conservative ideas have been shown in the politics and policies of leading figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. He also looks closely at the degree to which capitalism and free markets have been and are integral to conservative ideology and politics. Professor Scruton’s clear, incisive guide is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the politics and policies of the West now and over the last three centuries. £8.99 160pp B format trade paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 752 4 eISBN: 978 1 78283 310 9 Politics, Philosophy, Current Affairs August 2017 World All Languages
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Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason Marx’s Capital explained by its greatest expositor in simple, understandable terms Marx’s Capital is one of the most important texts of the modern era. The three volumes changed the destiny of countries, politics and people across the world - and continue to resonate today. In this book, David Harvey lays out their key arguments. He describes the architecture of capital according to Marx, placing his observations in the context of capitalism in the nineteenth century. He considers the degree to which technological, economic and industrial change during the last 150 years means Marx’s analysis and its application may need to be modified. He writes in the simplest and clearest terms that, without compromising the depth and complexity of the ideas, will appeal to a wide range of readers, including those coming to the work for the first time. David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate School. Recent books The Enigma of Capital, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism and The Ways of the World have been published by Profile.
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How Language Began The Story of Humanity’s Greatest Invention Daniel Everett, the ‘bombshell’ linguist and ‘instant folk hero’ (Tom Wolfe, Harper’s), at his stunning best In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett answers fundamental questions: When and how did language begin? What is it? And what is it for? Everett confounds the conventional wisdom that language originated with Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago. Drawing on evidence from a range of fields, including linguistics, archaeology, biology, anthropology and neuroscience, he shows that our ancestors, Homo erectus, had the biological and mental equipment for speech one and a half million years ago, and that their cultural and technological achievements make it overwhelmingly likely they spoke some kind of language. How Language Began sheds new light on language and culture and what it means to be human and, as always, Daniel Everett spices his account with incident and anecdote. His book is convincing, arresting and entertaining. Daniel Everett has published extensively on language and culture and is one of the world’s most influential thinkers in both fields. He is author of Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes and is currently Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University. £25.00 352pp Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 392 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 128 0 Language September 2017 UK Com ex Can 22
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Murder on Christmas Eve Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season The second volume of the bestselling crime collection Murder under the Christmas Tree Christmas Eve. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the sky, presents await under the tree and murder is afoot. In this collection of ten classic murder mysteries from the best crime writers in history, death and mayhem take many festive forms, from the inventive to the unexpected. From a Santa Claus with a grudge to a cat who holds the key to a Christmas Eve Murder, these are stories to enjoy – and be mystified by – in front of a roaring fire, mince pie to hand.
Cecily Gayford studied English at Oxford University, where she wrote her thesis on the ‘golden age’ detective stories of the 1930s and 40s. Now a commissioning editor, she has worked at Profile Books for five years and edited two previous collections, Murder Under the Christmas Tree and Tales from the Dead of Night.
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‘Cleverer and funnier than any one person has a right to be.’ Sunday Times ‘Able to make the world dance with a single word. On every page there is a phrase to make you smile, poetry disguised as comedy.’ Mail on Sunday ‘Fire lit. Hot, thick toast. Coffee. Reading the inimitable Mr Bennett. Happiness.’ Nigel Slater ‘Few diarists could offer such a consistently funny and touching authorial voice as Bennett. Long may he keep on keeping on.’ Daily Telegraph ‘There is no other writer, certainly none from any other era or nation, quite like Alan Bennett, and having this much more of his work is an uncovenanted blessing.’ Evening Standard ‘It is not only Bennett’s claws that are sharp. So are his eyes ... confirms his reputation as one of the sharpest and funniest writers in the English language.’ Spectator ‘Every piece here conveys the sense of an idiosyncratic and cussed mind, alive and open to the world.’ Guardian ‘Our greatest living writer.’ The Times ‘Screamingly funny.’ Observer
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ALAN BENNETT
Keeping On Keeping On Classic Alan Bennett – the latest, Sunday Times bestselling volume of diaries and more Following the phenomenally successful Writing Home and Untold Stories, Keeping On Keeping On contains Bennett’s diaries 2005 to 2015, reflecting on a decade that saw four premieres at the National Theatre, a West End double-bill transfer, and the films of The History Boys and The Lady in the Van. There’s a provocative sermon against private education, a passionate defence of the public library, a radio play and a screenplay, introductions and eulogies. An unforgettable record of life according to Alan Bennett.
Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modernday classic, as have many of his works for the stage. The History Boys won numerous awards and was one of the National Theatre’s most successful productions ever. He has had bestsellers in non-fiction including The Lady in the Van, Writing Home and Untold Stories, as well as fiction, most recently The Uncommon Reader and Smut. The film of The Lady in the Van starring Maggie Smith was released in 2015.
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JOE MORAN
Shrinking Violets A Field Guide to Shyness ‘Moran is a wonderful, witty writer, and here he surpasses himself.’ Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail ‘A nimble, entertaining exploration of shyness ... Moran proves a wonderful guide to these various eccentrics. He is gifted as an anecdotalist and as an acute observer of art and life.’ Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday ‘The author’s lightness of touch belies some profound insights into human nature, from the strange science of blushing, to the inherent fragility of our social role.’ Laura Garmeson, FT £9.99 288pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 264 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 067 2 Social History / Psychology July 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe Tr
CHRIS MULLIN
Hinterland ‘A subtle, wry and compassionate man with the kind of questioning intelligence that we need more in government ... He is a touching and introspective writer, capable of both devotion and detachment.’ Robert Shrimsley, Financial Times ‘Another canny, deceptively casual Mullin performance.’ Andy Beckett, Guardian ‘You can’t keep a good politician down, especially not one who writes as well as this.’ New Statesman £9.99 272pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 606 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 232 4 Memoir August 2017 World All Languages
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LÉO GRASSET
How the Zebra Got its Stripes And Other Darwinian Just So Stories Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? And why have honey-badgers evolved to be one of nature’s most efficient agents of mass destruction? Deploying the latest scientific research and his own extensive observations on the African savannah, Léo Grasset offers some answers to these and many other intriguing questions. Prepare to be informed and entertained by these Just So Stories retold in the light of evolution by one of the brightest young natural scientists around. £7.99 160pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 629 9 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 243 0 Science October 2017 World ex USA,Can
BERNIE SANDERS
Our Revolution A Future to Believe in ‘Gives us a glimpse of what politics could be like’ Yanis Varoufakis ‘Sanders has changed US politics forever’ Owen Jones ‘Sanders’ success today shows that much of America is tired of rising inequality and these so-called political changes, and intends to revive both a progressive agenda and the American tradition of egalitarianism.’ Thomas Piketty
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Books published in association with Wellcome Collection, a free visitor destination that explores the connections between medicine, life and art. www.wellcomecollection.org Twitter: @ExploreWellcome
JOHN M. HULL
Notes on Blindness ‘It’s a gift. Not a gift I want, but it is a gift.’ Days before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M. Hull started to go blind. He would lose his sight entirely, plunged into darkness, unable to distinguish any sense of light or shadow. This is a profoundly moving, wise and life-affirming account of one man’s journey into blindness. £8.99 240pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 859 0 eISBN: 978 1 78283 361 1 Memoir February 2017 World All Languages
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BILL SCHUTT
Eat Me Cannibalism. It’s the last, greatest taboo. In this dark, fascinating and endlessly curious exploration, Bill Schutt delves into human and animal cannibalism to find that cannibalism is surprisingly interwoven with our own lives, through colonialism, religion, anthropology, dinosaurs, ancient humans and modern consequences. £14.99 288pp Demy hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 397 7 eISBN: 978 1 78283 130 3 Popular Science February 2017 UK and Commonwealth
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Sound In 1997, Bella Bathurst began to go deaf. For the next twelve years, deafness shaped her life, until, in 2009, everything changed again. In this engaging and intelligent exploration of hearing and deafness, she reveals how our relationship with sound is both personal and far, far more complex than we might expect. £16.99 320pp Demy hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 775 3 eISBN: 978 1 78283 324 6 Memoir May 2017 UK and Commonwealth Exclusive Europe 28
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E M I LY M AY H E W
A Heavy Reckoning As long as humans have lived together on the planet, there have been wars, and injured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars across the globe with increasingly sophisticated technology, we are able to bring people back from ever closer encounters with death. But how do we do it, and what happens next? £16.99 224pp Demy hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 585 8 eISBN: 978 1 78283 222 5 History May 2017 World All Languages
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A Practical Course in Personal Magnetism Drawn from the long-forgotten self-help bestsellers of the Victorian age, A Practical Course in Personal Magnetism presents a comprehensive guide to unleashing your inner charisma and find success, in love, business and beyond. £7.99 128pp A format hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 834 7 eISBN: 978 1 78283 350 5 History February 2017 World All Languages
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The Time Travel Handbook 18 Journeys from the Eruption of Vesuvius to the Woodstock Festival ‘Witty, irreverent and brilliantly researched.’ Giles Milton ‘Incredibly well-researched ... a fun and informative read.’ Press Association
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Calculating the Cosmos How Mathematics Unveils the Universe ‘The book does an excellent job of both explaining and entertaining.’ Sky at Night Magazine ‘A fascinating tour, seamlessly spliced and historically contexualised.’ Nature ‘With captivating stories and his signature clarity, Ian Stewart shows us how math makes the world – and the rest of the universe – go round.’ Steven Strogatz, Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University, and author of The Joy of X £9.99 352pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 433 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 150 1 Popular Science, Mathematics August 2017 World ex USA/CAN Exclusive Europe Tr 30
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Treasure Palaces Great Writers Visit Great Museums
‘A joy to read’ Guardian ‘A remarkable collection of essays [with] a stellar cast ... the essays bring something personal and unexpected out of each.’ Spectator ‘The best pieces in this book ... bring that intimate engagement with the past to vivid life ... [and] have you planning urgent pilgrimages.’ Observer £8.99 240pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 691 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 278 2 Travel, Essays, Gift November 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe Tr
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Scorn The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History ‘The ideal stocking-filler - miniature in size and big on malevolence’ Mail on Sunday ‘The clearest pen and the most fastidious sense of quality’ The Times ‘A beautiful collection of insults down the ages. Parris has a feel for language, a sense of history and a wonderful wit’ Scotland on Sunday
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MORIZ SCHEYER
Asylum A survivor’s flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna through wartime France ‘An extraordinary rediscovered manuscript, written in hiding by a friend of Stefan Zweig, which evokes the realities of the Holocaust and the French Occupation more vividly than almost anything I’ve read.’ Jonathan Coe ‘“Try to understand me,” Moriz Scheyer begs the future readers of his memoir in 1944. And we do, leaving it drained, but exhilarated by the description of how he roamed an unfriendly Europe, stateless. With the publication of this mesmerising book, his search for asylum might just be over.’ Ronald C. Rosbottom, author, When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light under German Occupation, 1940–1944 £8.99 320pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 781256 00 8 eISBN: 978 1 78283 229 4 Memoir July 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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Voices From the Front An Oral History of the Great War Praise for Gallipoli: ‘All good history books should be an assault on myth, and in Gallipoli Peter Hart mounts a supremely effective attack.’ Mail on Sunday ‘A marvellous book ... vivid and compelling.’ The Economist Praise for The Great War: ‘I would highly recommend this book, not only for the honest appraisal of all the main characters and countries involved, but because it gives a voice to those who paid the ultimate price.’ Morning Star £10.99 448pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 475 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 172 3 History August 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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The French Revolution From Enlightenment to Tyranny ‘Exemplary ... enough blood on the pages to make sure that we are kept enthralled.’ Prospect ‘Marvellous stuff and an indication of the perennially absorbing nature of the Revolution. Davidson’s book is a worthy addition to the canon.’ Spectator ‘Terse, tightly written ... allows certain critical aspects of the Revolution to stand out in a way that doesn’t usually happen.’ David Aaronovitch, The Times £10.99 336pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 541 5 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 936 1 History July 2017 World ex USA/CAN Exclusive Europe
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The Art of Rivalry Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art ‘Intriguing ... Smee writes beautifully ... tantalising.’ Lynn Barber, Sunday Times ‘Elegant ... accomplished.’ Michael Prodger, The Times ‘Lively and engaging.’ Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday ‘A fascinating examination ... This is art history as human friction one in the eye for those who think art is a high-minded enterprise.’ Tatler £9.99 416pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 166 9 eISBN: 978 1 84765 987 3 Art / History October 2017 World ex US CA AU NZ Exclusive Europe
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Crusade and Jihad Origins, History, Aftermath ‘Accessible but highly knowledgeable ... [it] offers valuable insights not often found in works of general crusading history.’ Sean McGlynn, BBC History Magazine ‘Broad, comprehensive and revealing.’ Justin Marozzi, Spectator £9.99 352pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 555 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 927 9 History, Religion July 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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Historically Inevitable? Turning Points of the Russian Revolution ‘The revolution does not need historians.’ Lenin ‘Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution.’ Karl Marx £9.99 384pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 022 8 eISBN: 978 1 84765 859 3 History September 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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Release Your Inner Roman Praise for How to Manage your Slaves: ‘Thought-provoking and illuminating.’ Financial Times ‘Excellent ... packed with fascinating references.’ Independent £8.99 240pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 467 7 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 168 6 Ancient History November 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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Perennial Seller Making and Marketing Work that Lasts Bestselling author and marketing strategist Ryan Holiday reveals how a classic work - a Perennial Seller - is made and marketed We can all identify products that seem to last forever and just keep selling. But how can we create things that last, especially in an environment where short-term gain and flash-in-the-pan success are so often the benchmark? Enter Ryan Holiday and his concept of the Perennial Seller, products that exist in every creative industry, timeless and dependable, unsung money-makers, increasing in value over time and outlasting the competition. In Perennial Seller Holiday takes us back to the first principles that underpin the creation of something built to last. Featuring interviews with some of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs and creatives and grounded in a deep study of the classics from every genre, the book shares a mindset and approach we can all adopt to make and market a classic work. Whether you have a book or a business, a song or the next great screenplay, Holiday reveals the recipe for perennial success. Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Growth Hacker Marketing, The Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy. His books have been translated into twentyfive languages and his writing has appeared everywhere from the Columbia Journalism Review to Fast Company.
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MIKAEL KROGERUS
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ROMAN TSCHÄPPELER
The Revised Decision Book Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking The comprehensively revised edition of the international bestseller, with new material Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? And how can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently? This updated edition of the international bestseller distils into a single volume the fifty best decisionmaking models used on MBA courses, and elsewhere, that will help you tackle these important questions - from the well known (the Eisenhower matrix for time management) to the less familiar but equally useful (the Swiss Cheese model). It will even show you how to remember everything you will have learned by the end of it. Stylish and compact, this little black book is a powerful asset. Whether you need to plot a presentation, assess someone’s business idea or get to know yourself better, this unique guide will help you simplify any problem and take steps towards the right decision. Roman Tschäppeler is the founder and CEO of guzo, a communication agency based in Biel, Switzerland.
Mikael Krogerus is a freelance writer for German and Swiss newspapers and magazines and was a staff writer with Switzerland’s leading newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung for five years. £10.99 176pp A format hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 954 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 405 2 Business & Strategy May 2017 World ex USA,Can 36
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Good Strategy/Bad Strategy The difference and why it matters A Profile Business Classic edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed books on strategy ever written
When Richard Rumelt’s Good Strategy/Bad Strategy was published in 2011, it immediately struck a chord, calling out as bad strategy the mish-mash of pop culture, motivational slogans and business buzz speak so often masquerading as the real thing. Since then, his original and pragmatic ideas have won fans around the world and continue to help readers recognise and avoid bad strategy and adopt good, action-oriented strategies that acknowledge the challenges being faced and offer straightforward approaches to overcoming them. £9.99 336pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 617 6 eISBN: 978 1 84765 746 6 Business September 2017 World excl USA/CAN
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Live. Love. Work. Prosper. A fresh approach to integrating life and work Introducing us to the life-affirming benefits of the life-love-work continuum
Entrepreneur Michael Tobin knows a thing or two about the perils and pitfalls of juggling work and family, and how a single-minded, all-consuming approach to work can have a destructive impact on the home life of even the most successful and charismatic leader. In Live. Love. Work. Prosper. he draws on his experience, both personal and professional, to challenge the received wisdom that there needs to be, or even can be, a divide or a ‘balance’ between work and life. He shows how we can be liberated by an integrated approach to success that’s more in tune with a satisfying and fulfilling personal life. £9.99 224pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 876 7 eISBN: 978 1 78283 369 7 Business & Management July 2017 World All Languages
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What They Can’t Teach You at Harvard Business School All new street smarts from the world of Mark H. McCormack The publication of What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School in 1984 introduced the world to the Mark H. McCormack street smart, a nugget of wisdom offering accessible insights into how to get ahead in the real world of business. This book celebrates McCormack’s genius with a collection of new street smarts based on interviews with the people who knew, worked with and were influenced by him. From advice on managing people and building relationships, through to the best negotiating tips and how to grow a business, a stellar line-up of contributors from the sporting, media and business worlds show us how a brush with McCormack could change forever the way you do business - and live your life. With insights from Billie Jean King, Sir Martin Sorrell, President of the World Bank Jim Kim and Motown founder Berry Gordy among others, this book offers a new generation of street smarts to anyone looking to improve their business understanding and practice.
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Pocket World in Figures 2018 The 2018 edition of this annual bestseller, featuring fascinating facts and figures about the world we live in Where else would you find out, in a single volume, that 98 per cent of Suriname is forest, that Switzerland sells the most expensive Big Macs or that the UK spends the most per person on music downloads? The 2018 edition includes data from over 180 countries, presented in a series of rankings and country profiles. £10.99 256pp 190x90mm hardback ISBN: 978 1 78125 744 9 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 305 5 Reference,Gift September 2017 World Excl USA/CAN Exclusive Europe
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The Economist Guide to Financial Management 3rd Edition Business finance explained in a practical and accessible way - now in its third edition This classic book will help the reader understand financial jargon, financial statements, management accounts, performance measures, budgeting, costing, pricing, decision-making and investment appraisal. New material brings this edition up to date with chapters on crowdfunding and the influence of global uncertainty on the best-laid financial plans. £15.00 336pp Demy trade paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 914 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 383 3 Finance September 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy 4th Edition How to understand markets, risk, rewards and behaviour The classic guide for the individual investor, sets out the basic – and the not-so-basic – principles for putting your wealth to work. It looks at risk, pointing out the hazards for those who wish to explore a variety of approaches. It also teaches the importance of sophisticated self-knowledge, distilling insights from behavioural analysis as well as the principles of traditional finance. £15.00 384pp Demy trade paperback ISBN: 978 1 78125 915 3 e-ISBN: 978 1 78283 384 0 Finance November 2017 World ex USA,Can Exclusive Europe
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